Multnomah County will test its emergency alert system Thursday at 2 p.m., sending notifications to up to 1 million phones. No ...

Multnomah County is planning to send a test alert for its Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system on Thursday afternoon.

The government will be running only the second ever national test of the Emergency Alerts system on Sunday, September 7.

Both the Emergency Alert System and the Wireless Emergency Alerts will be subject to a "re-examination" by the agency.

WASHINGTON —As expected, the Federal Communications Commission has embarked on a major effort to reexamine the national alert ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless ...

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The other portion of the test will be sent to TV and radio stations. It will last for one minute with the following message: "This is a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System, issued by the ...

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